What does the phrase "cardinal complaint" means?

Answer 1

Cardinal means of prime importance, primordial, principal. So, a cardinal complaint is the complaint that supersedes all others in terms of importance.

The origin of this adjective comes from the College of Cardinals, the highest ecclesiastic governance body within the Roman Catholic Church. They (cardinals) behind closed doors vote to elect a Pope. The meaning of the adjective is reinforced by the legendary political career of Cardinal Richelieu. He was not only a cardinal, but became France Secretary of State and Prime Minister in the 16th century. Endowed with a brilliant mind and an iron will, he was renown to have far more power than the king of France at the time (King Louis XIII).

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Answer 2

It is what the person comes in and first says is wrong with them.
So if I came in and told you I had a headache that has lasted 10 days and hurts like crazy, oh and i think i broke my pinky toe
headache is cardinal or chief complaint
possible broken toe is second

Answer 3

The Bible has had it right for millenniums. “A live dog is better off than a dead lion. For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.” (Ecclesiastes 9:4, 5) Does that mean there is absolutely no hope for the dead? Jesus Christ preach about resurrection to life on a restored paradise earth. His Jewish follower Martha, whose brother, Lazarus, had just died, believed in the resurrection, for she said of Lazarus: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:24) To this, Jesus answered: “I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; and everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25, 26) Earlier, he had said: “Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.” John 5:28, 29; Luke 23:43. As you can see there will be a resurrection of both the righteous. and the unrighteous. Please do further research in you Bible to get a better understanding.